Insurance Number

[YvonneM]

I am having a nightmare of a problem I am due to work on the election count, I am retired but have been a housewife since 1976 having worked on previous counts I now have to prove that I am legally able to work in this country where I was born . I don't have a passport and can't find my National Insurance I receive a state pension My name on my marriiage certificate is different from my birth certificate as I was married before. I think my mother now deceased destroyed all documents relating to my divorce 40yrs ago. The stupid woman at the council says she will be finded �10,000 if she has not done all the checks and I query this I think they could be finded if I am working illegally. I am going to try in the morning to see if I can get a replace Insurance card.

[sara3]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefit s/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/BeginnersG uideToBenefits/DG_10014073?cids=Google_PPC&cre =Money

the info you need is near the bottom of the page.

[Buenchico]

I'm surprised that the council are actually your employers. To do the job in Ipswich you have to apply to an agency in the Republic of Ireland!

If you've got any paperwork relating to your state pension, your NI number should be on there. It might not actually say 'National Insurance Number'. It could be given as something like 'DWP Reference No.". If you can find something that's made up of two letters, six digits and one letter (For example, "AB123456C" or "AB 12 34 56 C"), that will be what you're looking for.

Chris

[YvonneM]

Does this mean if I turn up at their office tomorrow they will give me a replacemnet there and then or will they have to post it to me

[YvonneM]

I do know my insurance number but this is not good enough I have the paperwork from the last time I worked for them with the number on Jobs worth !!!!!

[sara3]

they won't issue a card to you over the counter. I'm sure it will be posted.

can you not just show an official document with it on? it sounds very petty to me.

[YvonneM]

I have just found a letter notifying me of my pension from Dept of works and pensions so hope this will do.

[YvonneM]

The most annoying thing is my husband wanted to go on holiday this week and I said no because I really enjoy doing the count

[Buenchico]

I'm confident that the letter will suffice.

Happy counting! ;-)

[YvonneM]

Just in cas anyone is interested I have sorted the problem out Been to the Jobcentre and got a letter from them with my insurance number on. I went to the Registery Office and bought (�7) a copy of my first marriage so their was a continuity of name change and they have accepted these as prove I am not an alien :)

[sara3]

good news, Yvonne.. well done :o)

[YvonneM]

Thanks Sara and everyone for your support I was not prepared to lie down and let them beat me